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Ghost Dances
Subtitle: Wounded Knee, 1890
Contents
General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $87.00; (digital) - $80.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Brake Drum
- Chimes
- Claves
- Gong
- Marimba
- Rainstick
- Shakers
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (2)
- Tambourine
- Timbales
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Vibra-slap
- Water Gong
- Wind Chimes, Metal
- Wind Chimes, Wooden
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Inspired by the tragic story of the Lakota Sioux massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890, this original work is contemporary in nature, featuring striking aleatoric sections that use melodic fragments from an actual Sioux ghost dance.
- Program Note by publisher
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
- Tennessee: IV
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Iowa (Iowa City) Concert Band (Eric Bush, conductor) – 9 December 2019
- Phoenix (N.Y.) Community Band (David Frateschi, conductor) – 6 November 2017
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Concert Band (Brian Britt, conductor) – 24 April 2017
- Templeton (Calif.) High School Band (David Landers, conductor) – 23 March 2016
- Sir Frederick Banting S.S. Concert Band (London) (Nigel Evans, conductor) – 26 May 2015
Works for Winds by this Composer
- All Through the Night (2013)
- American Salute
- Ancient Visions
- And in the End It Was Earth (2012)
- Arabian Dances (2008)
- Appalachian Dreams (2015)
- Autumn Sketches
- Blessed Are They (2019)
- Burn (2014)
- Capricorn Moon
- Centavo
- Chants Long Forgotten
- Cheyenne
- Children of a Different Sun (2017)
- Christmas Montage, A
- Cimarron Sketches
- Cimarron Sunset
- Clockwork
- Convergence
- Courtland Hills
- Desert Voices
- Dramatic Sessions
- Dreams And Proclamations
- Fanfare and Dance Segments
- Fanfare And Jubilation
- Festival Sinfonia
- Fiesta
- Fireburst Fanfare
- Firefall
- Fourth Angel, The
- Ghost Dances (2010)
- Ghost Riders (2007)
- Golden Eagle
- The Jaws of Fenris (2016)
- Legend of Killarny, The (2014)
- Lightning Spirit, The (2006)
- Ludlow (2014)
- Month of the Cold Moon (2008)
- New Dawn
- Ode to Joy (as arranger) (1824/1965/1995)
- Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (1995)
- Of Men and the Sea (2004)
- Of Wizards and Warriors
- On The Wings Of The Chosen
- Prelude and Firestorm (2014)
- Prelude and Passages (2018)
- Riders On The Southern Front
- Rituals
- Roswell, 1947 (2004)
- Sahara
- Scirocco (2013)
- Sentinels
- Seventh Resolution, The (2015)
- Silent Stands the Elm
- Soar The Untamed Spirit
- Song Of Freedom
- Structures
- Sunchasers
- Sunrise Song (2001)
- Symphonic Journey I
- Tangents Angulár (2009)
- They Stood At The Edge Of The Sky
- Third Vortex, The
- Variations On A March Tune
- Ventures
- Winter Memory, A
- Zydeco Cajun Crawdad Dance (2013)
Resources
- Barrett, R. (2010). Ghost Dances: Wounded Knee, 1890 [score]. Belwin Band: Van Nuys, Calif.
